Ishikari Nabe Salmon Miso Hotpot
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- Total time
- 70 min
- Level
- Hard
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 21
About this dish
Salmon fillet with skin and bony parts, milt, and loosened roe all go into one pot of kelp stock seasoned with miso in this Hokkaido-style nabe.
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It is said to come from fishermen near the mouth of the Ishikari River, who dropped fresh salmon pieces and bones straight into miso soup to celebrate a big catch. Root vegetables, konnyaku, tofu, and rolls of blanched spinach wrapped in napa cabbage are arranged in sections around a mound of miso in the center. A final dusting of sansho pepper over the whole pot adds a tingling lift to the miso broth.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Cut 400g fresh salmon with skin and bony parts into 4cm chunks.
Cut 50g salmon milt into bite-size pieces, gently remove 50g salmon roe from its thin membrane into loose eggs, and keep all three chilled.
- 2
Cut 1 piece tofu into cubes and tear 1 sheet block konnyaku into bite-size pieces.
Cut 150g daikon, 100g carrot, and 4 shiitake into half-moons or quarter rounds, shave 50g burdock thinly, and slice 3 green onions diagonally.
- 3
Bring 2000ml vegetable-blanching water to a boil and blanch 4 napa leaves and 100g spinach separately for 1 minute, then cool.
Use the spinach as the core, roll it in the cabbage, cut one of the 90g kombu sheets into thin ties, secure each roll in 3 or 4 places, and cut into 2 to 3cm pieces. Blanch 50g green beans for 2 minutes, trim, and snap by hand.
- 4
Work 100g miso, 2 tablespoons mirin, 0.25 teaspoon sugar, and 0.25 teaspoon salt together in a small bowl for 2 minutes.
Line the hotpot with the kombu remaining after making the ties and place the mixed miso in the center.
- 5
Arrange the salmon, milt, roe, tofu, konnyaku, daikon, carrot, shiitake, burdock, green onions, cabbage-spinach rolls, and green beans in sections around the miso. Pour 1200ml kombu dashi around the edge, bring to a boil over high heat, lower to medium-low, and cook for 15 minutes, gradually dissolving the miso into the broth.
- 6
When the salmon center and flesh near the bones are opaque, the milt is firm, and a chopstick enters the daikon, keep the pot at a gentle simmer. Sprinkle 0.25 teaspoon ground sansho evenly over the pot and serve the hot broth and ingredients together.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
「北海道の味」（南部 あき子氏） · Checked: 2026-08-11
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